Day 4 – Friday 23 February We awoke to 5 degrees of warmth, the sun shining and a blue sky.  Before we left, Steve had the idea of taking a herb garden with. We needed a trough and I thought I had a brilliant idea to put the pots of in a Fish Kettle.  Using […]

Day 3 – 22nd Feb Zero degrees, but minus through the night, so we’re telling each other it is getting warmer.  I quickly look at the BBC weather and see how cold it is at home in Crowthorne but warming up at Benidorm.  Spending the night in a forest we heard bird sounds new to […]

Our first morning in France and we wake up as snug as bugs in rugs – eventually.  We start to discuss our route for the day and being lazy are practically wearing it.  If you look carefully you’ll see our route planning shown by a Nespresso coffee pod right over Tours.  Don’t take any notice […]

Earlier on today Steve and I discussed our writing styles and we decided mine is more diarised and his is more story telling.  As it takes longer to put fiction together than fact, I am the editor of our first blog.  My first blog is probably quite like my photographic skills – enthusiasm over technique.  […]

Every journey stars with a small step – but in our case a faithful hound, a full tank of diesel and a full 8.3m/1.7 tons of loaded caravan behind us.